Tag Archives: backlinks

Prospecting for Links

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Are you struggling to find links to your websites? Chances are you’re not alone. Link building is one of the fundamental elements of search engine optimization.  Every webmaster is searching for links relevant to their site.  The more links they obtain, the better their content ranks in the search engine results. The problem being encountered is finding links can be difficult. At one time, people … Continue reading →

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Develop Your Linking Strategy Before Link Building

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Do you use a linking strategy as part of your search engine optimization (SEO)?  Do you understand how link building impacts your website? Almost everyone with a website knows link building is one of the basic building blocks of SEO.  To put it in very simple terms, every time someone links to your site they are casting a vote, adding to the popularity of your … Continue reading →

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Are You Destroying Your Site With Backlinks?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

You probably already know backlinks are the basic building blocks of good search engine optimization.  However, what you probably don’t know is you may be destroying your website with your linking strategy and the type of backlinks being used. Okay, so now that I’ve got your attention, let’s look at some of the fundamentals of link building. Backlinks are directed to your site and count … Continue reading →

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Making Your Content Link Worthy

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Building links to your blog is perhaps one of the most tedious activities any blogger can do.  It requires a lot of time and effort and is often not as rewarding as you would like. Have you ever thought of giving up link building and concentrating entirely on writing? This strategy is not as radical as it appears especially if you consider how much the … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Internal Linking

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Have you spent too much time chasing inbound links to your site when you could be focusing your efforts elsewhere?  Are you focusing too much effort in an area you have little or no control over? You’re not alone. Now it’s time to take matters into your own hands and concentrate on something you control – your site’s internal linking structure Barry WheelerBarry Wheeler is … Continue reading →

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The Value of a Blog Comment

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Barry Wheeler

Do you comment on blogs to gain backlinks or to interact with blog owner? Many webmasters use blog comments to obtain backlinks to their websites.  Unfortunately, this practice has led to blog comments becoming synonymous with email spam. Barry WheelerBarry Wheeler is a blogger, novice SEO, geek and passionate Newfoundlander. Operating several successful websites and online communities, Barry has started exploring the social internet and … Continue reading →

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Free PR5 Links

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Yes, it is true.  Free PR5 links can be had if you know where to look.  With the major search engines such as Google decreasing the value of many links and many websites implementing the “NoFollow” attribute tag, finding any free links let alone free PR5 links is becoming increasingly difficult.  Keep reading, I do tell you how to obtain a free PR5 link in … Continue reading →

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Link Building Using Forums

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Forums provide a great link building opportunity and provides a great opportunity to obtain quality one-way links within your niche.  Link building using forums has always been used throughout the SEO community, especially if the forums allow links that do not have the NoFollow attribute tag. There is no secret in saying that forums provide an people with an opportunity to discuss and share information … Continue reading →

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Links from High PR Domains, The Value of Inner Page Links

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Free High PR Links from Inner Pages of Authority Sites are some of the most sought links.  Links from authority sites implies a strong trust from those sites and can provide a major boost for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes.  Links from authority sites can provide a strong ranking in SERPS. There has been an ongoing debate over obtaining backlinks on High PR domains at … Continue reading →

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Beginners Guide to Link Building – Part 3

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Barry Wheeler

Link building is critical for ranking well in the major search engines.  Building quality backlinks to a site is critical to driving organic traffic from search engines.  In the Beginners Guide to LInk Building – Part 1, I examined why links are important to a website.  In the Beginners Guide to Link Building – Part 2, I talked about reciprocal link building and how it … Continue reading →

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